Portuguesa F.C.

Portuguesa F.C.
Portuguesa Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Portuguesa, is a Venezuelan professional football club based in Acarigua, that competes in the Primera División.
History
The club was founded on April 10, 1972, in Acarigua in the northern part of the state of Portuguesa.
Rivalries
Classic Añejo
The encounter between Portuguesa and Estudiantes de Mérida is one of the most classic and oldest of Venezuelan football. The first match played by these oncenas was May 28, 1972 by Copa Venezuela, and the twin cities leaving a 1–1 draw with Chiazzaro goals at 73 and Cholo Mendoza at the 79th minute, making it the oldest classic in force in the country
Portuguese Derby
It is that party that led the most important of the Portuguese state: Portuguesa FC and Llaneros de Guanare (Llaneros FC). There is no account with much tray, beginning to dispute in 2001 until the day of today. Both have a fair number of fans in the state.
Titles
Primera División Venezolana: 5
Amateur Era (0):
Professional Era (5): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Segunda División Venezolana: 1
2006
Segunda División B Venezolana: 0
Tercera División Venezolana: 0
Copa de Venezuela: 3
1973, 1976, 1977
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Copa Libertadores: 8 appearances
1974: First round
1975: First round
1976: First round
1977: Semi-finals
1978: First round
1979: First round
1981: First round
1984: First round
Copa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
1997: First round
Manufacturers and sponsors
Installations
Matches stadium
The José Antonio Páez Stadium is a sports infrastructure built for the practice of football, located in the city of Acarigua in the Portuguese state of the western plains of Venezuela. Despite not being the capital of the region, the building was built in that place by the booming development of this locality llanera; owes its name to the recognized hero of Venezuelan independence and the first president of Venezuela, Jose Antonio Páez.
It is the headquarters of the Portuguese Football Club, currently located in the First Division of Venezuela. Its facilities have the capacity to hold approximately 14 thousand spectators; in 2007 it underwent considerable improvements to be used in the National Plains Sports Games 2007.
The installation was submitted to a new stage of total recovery that consists of 3 stages: the first one was delivered on September 23, 2011, where the total recovery of the engraving, the baths of the popular tribunes were carried out, the construction of a gym for the players, bathrooms showers and dressing rooms for said gymnasium, construction of a transmission house, waterproofed and painted of all the tribunes.
City and sports venue
Portuguesa FC received award and allocation of grounds for a sports venue.
The Governor of the Portuguese state handed over to the Portuguese Football Club the land where they will build the team's sports headquarters, a project that they would begin to follow next year.
The president of the club five times winner in Venezuelan football, Generoso Mazzocca, showed the project for the construction of this venue.
The Headquarters Deportiva Portuguesa FC would be located in Sector Los Malabares of the city of Araure.
Alternate stadium
Hobbies
He has a fanaticada like all football teams in Venezuela
The Barra Lanceros Rojinegros are fans of the Portuguesa fc who Sunday to Sunday accompany him in the southern tribune of the Mythical General Stadium Jose Antonio Paez
Current first team squad
Portuguese FC coaches
Isidoro 'Pescaito' Rodriguez 1972
'Walter' Cata 'Roque 1973 -1974
Vladimir Popovic 1974 – 1975
Benjamin Fernández 1975 – 1976
Vladimir Popovic 1976 – 1977
Celino Mora 1977 – 1978
Carlos Núñez 1995 – 2002
Liberio Mora 2006 – 2007
Celino Mora 2007 – 2008
Eduardo Contreras 2008 – 2009
José Luis Jiménez 2009
Gustavo Valencia 2010
Johnny Lucena 2010 – 2012
Carlos Núñez 2012
Jose Luis Dolgetta 2013
Stifano Francess 2013 – 2015
Lenin Bastidas tournament matching 2015
Renato Renauro 2016
Horacio Matuszyczk 2016 – 2017
Carlos Horacio Moreno 2017 – News
Club board and organization chart
Organizational shart
President Generous Mazzocca
Vice President Maiker Frías
Members Orlando Cárdenas
Members Luis Fernández
Members Olympia Labrador
Adviser Gianni Mazzocca
General Manager Raúl Alvárez
Sports Manager Johnny Lucena
Manager of Operations Rafael Guaricuco
Media and Press ||
Patricia Almao – Media Director
Francisco Miliani – Media Assistant
María Gabriela Almao – Social Networks
Julio Rojas – Photographer
Raiber Jiménez – Graphic Designer
Previous presidents
Don Gaetano Costa 1978
Juan Rondon 2009 – 2010
Nelson Escobar 2010 – 2014
Generozo Mazzoca 2014 – News
Means of communication
Media coverage
Fanfare 99.5fm
The radio that transmits the games of the pentacampeon set of Venezuela
References
Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language Wikipedia article (retrieved January 16, 2006).
External links
Official site
Association football clubs established in 1972
Football clubs in Venezuela
Sport in Portuguesa (state)
1972 establishments in Venezuela
Acarigua